Pastures & Paws: Balancing Beef Cattle and Companion Animals in Australia
We are excited to share Rebecca Szuminsky and Erika Stevens’s experience below, funded by Dr. Thomas Mack. “For my experience I had the honor of traveling to Queensland Australia and work with the veterinarians and staff and Goondiwindi & District…
Advancing Veterinary Research on Lemurs in Madagascar
We are excited to share Lily Chapman’s experience below, funded by Dr. Thomas Mack. After a 25 hour plane journey to Antananarivo, 12 hour drive to the research base Centre Val Bio, and a 20 mile hike through rice fields…
2024 International Photography Competition
Did you recently come back from an international trip? Did you take some memorable photos of your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? If so, enter your best images from abroad in the 2024 International Photography Competition. Ohio State students, staff, faculty, visiting scholars…
A Glimpse into Small Animal Veterinary Work in China
We are excited to share Xiaying Zhao’s experience below, funded by Dr. Thomas Mack. These three photos capture my experience at two small animal practices in China. The first shows a surgeon performing a laser laparoscopic ovariectomy on a large…
The Impact of Veterinary and Christian Volunteer Work in Belize
We are excited to share Jacob Bills and Bailey Ward’s experience below, funded by Dr. Thomas Mack. Our time in Belize was spent vaccinating, spaying, neutering, and treating animals in the surrounding communities. We did our vet work at Camalote…
Clinics to Communities: Veterinary Work and MPH Data Collection in South Africa
We are excited to share Megan Andries’s experience below, funded by Dr. Thomas Mack. This summer, Andres visited South Africa to aid in collecting tests for brucellosis which her thesis is focused on. There is very limited information on how…
Nuturing the Native Species of Peru
We are excited to share Cam Stewart’s experience below, funded by Dr. Thomas Mack. My trip to Peru was a once in a lifetime experience. I was given the rare opportunity to fly to Peru where I spent 4…
African Swine Fever Prevention and Response
We are excited to share Shridula Hegde’s experience below, funded by Dr. Thomas Mack. From May 1st to May 24th, 2024, I interned at Instituto Interamericano de Cooperacion para la Agricultura (IICA) in San Jose, Costa Rica, where I…
Zachary Lewis Wins Fulbright to the U.K.
Zachary Lewis, Masters student in the Hale Lab, was recently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study at the Royal Veterinary College for the 2024-2025 academic year. Zach’s research there will focus on studying zoonotic bacterial genomes. Established in 1946, the…
Ranomafana Ruffed Lemur Project Fieldwork Opportunity
The Ranomafana Ruffed Lemur Project (RRLP) is a long-term research project investigating the health, fitness and conservation of the Critically Endangered black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata). This research entails an annual three-week field season in August during which time we…
